SANTA CLARA, Calif., Dec. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Zeevo, Inc., an emerging
leader in the delivery of fully integrated System-on-a-Chip (SoC) solutions
for wireless communications standards, announced its TC2000 has been granted
full Bluetooth(TM) qualification and is now included on the Bluetooth
Qualified Products List (BQPL).

"Achieving this critical milestone now allows our first customers to bring
their products to their customers and we are excited at the prospect of seeing
Zeevo-based products in the marketplace," said Greg Ravenscroft,
Vice President of Marketing for Zeevo. "Our fully supported Bluetooth solution
-- hardware, software and development environment -- ensures our customers a
quick time to market."

Mr. Brad Carey, President of Axsys Automation, a supplier of Home and
Building Automation Systems that utilize Bluetooth technology, observed,
"Zeevo's Bluetooth program has fit well into our Bluetooth product portfolio.
The TC2000 advanced features which include:
multipoint, scatternet support
and full 128 bit encryption, easily integrate into our access point."
Mr. Carey continued, "A 'digital-looking' chip makes our product development
requirements much simpler and time-to-market much quicker."

Mr. Bulent Celebi, President and CEO of Ubicom America said, "We are very
excited to be working with Zeevo. They are driving to make Bluetooth more
cost-effective, easier to implement, and now, with Bluetooth qualification,
less risky.
To my knowledge, Zeevo is also unique in the marketplace with its
scatternet capability. For Ubicom's vision of covering the world with access
points for ubiquitous and always-on mobile Internet, Zeevo's technological
edge is most welcome."

"Zeevo is to be congratulated for developing the TC2000, which is one of
the most highly integrated Bluetooth chips available. The Bluetooth market is
beginning to take off, and I think Zeevo will soon be shipping a lot of these
chips," said Jack Quinn, President of Micrologic Research - analysts for
wireless communications markets. Micrologic Research's Bluetooth shipment
estimates for 2002 is 45 million units, 181 million units in 2003 and
1,156 million units in 2005.

The qualification process ensures the TC2000 meets the performance
specifications required for the Bluetooth standard as developed by the
Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG). Zeevo utilized the services of BABT, A
division of TUV America Inc. in the qualification testing of the product.

The TC2000 is a complete SoC solution for the Bluetooth standard. Executed
in 0.18um CMOS process and a unique package technology, Zeevo customers enjoy
a "digital-looking" chip integrating RF, Radio, Link Controller and an
embedded ARM7TDMI® microprocessor with SRAM and FLASH memories. Users
communicate to the chip via a high-speed UART or USB. The TC2000 comes with
HCI-level firmware included in the FLASH memory.

Customers enjoy full hardware and software support with available Blue
Shark(TM) Development Kits and BlueDolphin(TM) Evaluations Kits.

"Achieving qualification is a significant validation of our solution and a
testament to the engineering skills at Zeevo," said Anil Aggarwal, CEO of
Zeevo, Inc. "We have looked at Bluetooth from our customers point-of-view, and
developed a complete, highly integrated solution, uniquely positioned in the
marketplace. The relative ease of design-in and time-to-market that can be
achieved with Zeevo product as proven by customers is going to enable the mass
Bluetooth market and unleash the true potential of Bluetooth."

The TC2000 is available today for customer samples and the Blue Shark(TM)
Development Kits and BlueDolphin(TM) Evaluations Kits are currently shipping
to customers.

About Zeevo

Zeevo, Inc. is a privately owned fabless semiconductor company based in
Santa Clara, California. The company was founded in 1999 to develop and market
"systems on a chip" solutions for the communications marketplace. Zeevo's goal
-- "Enabling Pervasive Connectivity(TM)", means staying connected anywhere in
order to have a true personal web that can be carried with you at all times.
Zeevo has been a member of the Bluetooth SIG since January 2000. For more
information, see our web site at
http://www.zeevo.com .

About NEC Engineering Ltd.

NEC Engineering Ltd., as a member of NEC group, provides expertise in the
development and design of information and communications products. Making use
of the latest information technologies, computer technologies and LSI
technologies, the company develops various stand-alone and system solutions
products.

About Axsys

Axsys Automation is a leading provider of automation solutions resulting
in products for businesses and consumers in home, building, factory, utility
and transportation industries.
Axsys offers experience in designing,
manufacturing and marketing hardware and software products, which are the
foundation of every solution.

A distinguished list of companies has relied on Axsys' expertise for
development of custom applications.
Axsys is a member of the Bluetooth SIG,
Inc., LonMark® Interoperability Association and recognized by Echelon as a
LonWorks(TM) Independent Developer (LID).
This affords Axsys the capability
of guiding businesses through the integration of open, interoperable
networking and Bluetooth wireless technologies.

Put the power of Axsys technology solutions in your next application.
It's what's inside that counts. Further information regarding Axsys Automation
can be found at
http://www.axsysautomation.com .

About Ubicom

For wireless access point and networked device manufacturers, we provide
Internet Access Processors and Software that form a disruptive platform. Our
Software System-On-Chip technology reduces time to prototype to a matter of
days and time to production to twelve weeks. It is half the cost, one-third
the power and one-tenth the size of traditional SOC (system on a chip) based
solutions. Unlike SOCs from Atmel, Motorola, TI and others, we deliver a
complete, flexible and Internet upgradeable platform including an optimized
processor, operating system, networking software, and multiple physical layers
which can be leveraged across our customer's entire product portfolio.
Additionally, Ubicom is the only vendor that supports 802.11, HomePlug power
line, Bluetooth, USB and Ethernet and can have all of these communication
protocols co-exist in a single network. Customers can therefore leverage their
R&D into new technologies and can create novel new products by mixing these
technologies. Additional information on Ubicom and its products can be found
on the Web at
www.ubicom.com.

Ubicom ... enabling Ubiquitous Communication

About Bluetooth

Bluetooth is a technology specification for the Bluetooth Special Interest
Group which consists of leaders in the telecommunications and computing
industries who are driving the development of an emerging open standard
specifying wireless transmission between small form factor, low cost, short
range radio linked electronic devices. Bluetooth specifies a system platform
including hardware, software and interoperability requirements. The Bluetooth
radio operates in a globally available 2.4GHz ISM band, enabling communication
compatibility worldwide between a wide range of home, business and general-
purpose electronic systems. To learn more about Bluetooth qualification, visit
the official Bluetooth SIG web site at
http://qualweb.opengroup.org .